Sub-, Sub- (Sub-)

Sub-, Sub- (Sub-) - a prefix meaning:

  1. Located below, under something. For example:
  1. subcostal - located under the ribs;

  2. sublingual - located under the tongue;

  3. submandibular - located under the lower jaw.

  1. Partial or minor.


To begin with, I will give examples of using the prefix “sub-”:

Submarine (submarine) is a ship that can move underwater.

Subway (metro) is an underground railway that connects various parts of the city.

Substitution is the process of replacing one word or expression with another.

Now let's move on to the definition:

The prefix “sub-” means “under” or “below.” It is used to refer to something that is below or underneath something else. For example, “submarine” means “underwater ship”, and “suburb” means “suburb”.

Also, the prefix “sub-” can be used to denote a partial or insignificant part of something. For example, “subtitle” means “subtitles,” that is, the part of a movie or TV show that appears at the bottom of the screen and contains additional information about the movie.



**Sub** - Sub - is a prefix that is of Latin origin and means “under”, “below”, “due to”. Its use is typical for various languages, for example, Latin, Greek, Russian. This prefix is ​​often used in linguistics and medicine, where it is used to determine the location of some organs, tissues or muscles under others, and also denotes the meaning of a disease or pathological processes.

The prefix **under** (from Latin – sub) is a morpheme or prefix; according to its addition, the meaning of a word or phrase that begins with the preposition **under** increases. There is also a similar prefix **sub,**, which is used not only in English. In certain contexts also translated as **Sub** -. It is most often translated from English into Russian as ***sub***, ***under***:

_**Sub-:**_ - prefix, derived prefix in prefixology: an indicator that the original basis of the meaning was a suffix; the prefix expresses the addition of a new grammatical function created by using prefixation or conversion. The derivative still retains the concatenation group, although the syntactic structure changes. Sometimes the word divisio (division) is added to the derivative. This derivative is equivalent to an epithet: (J.E. Grimm, 1911) - part of a suffix separated from the rest and functioning as a prefix. Relat.: Präfixion, Deklination, Konversion - separator of body parts. So, when using **Sub-** the noun gets an additional meaning

*Let's look at examples:* **submarine** (transpolar) - **underwater ship** **subject** (subject to